Hello folks
The above subject is what I'd like to model and I was wondering if anyone knew of any resources that could help me see how it was (is?) really done. Online or book/magazine would be fine. What kind of cars carried what and to what buildings, etc. Thanks for any input you can give.
MrDNA try this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewery
It outlines the history and the process of brewing beer and ale and from that you should be able to get the commodities that are needed and then figure out wht types of rolling stock you need. For instance, you would need grains like hops,etc. These could be shipped in sacks in a box car or in a grain specific covered hopper, or maybe both?
Hope this helps,
Gene
The above subject is what I'd like to model and I was wondering if anyone knew of any resources that could help me see how it was (is?) really done. Online or book/magazine would be fine. What kind of cars carried what and to what buildings, etc. Thanks for any input you can give.
I know the Anheiser Bush Brewery in Columbus OH recieves car loads of the various grains used in the process on an almost daily basis. These arrive via covered hoppers at a typical rate of 10-15 cars per day.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Columbus,OH&ie=UTF8&ll=40.10601,-82.992117&spn=0.007008,0.021973&t=h&z=16The link above shows the Columbus Anheiser Bush Brewery (on GoogleMaps). You can see the facility has a small yard where newly deliverd cars are stored until needed. There are also several tracks which lead to tracks where the covered hoppers are unloaded.
This particular brewery does not ship out by rail, but there are some that do. Beer is usually shipped out in insulated boxcars. most of the cars assigned to this service currently are 62' cars, like the beer cars manufactured by Red Caboose.
Incidentally, Anheiser Bush actually owns the Manufacturer's Railroad in St. Louis. The Bush brewery there is the largest customer on the MRS, and it definitely does ship out product by rail.
The April,2008 issue of Trains magazine included an article about the operations at the Coors plant in Golden,CO. You may want to get a copy of this back issue if you want to get more information on brewery operations.
Paul
Classic Railroads You Can Model by Model Railroader, a Kalmbach Publishing Book, may be a helpful resource for you. Click the cover when the book comes up at this link and go to page 96, Milwaukee Road's Beer Line. All of your questions will be answered in this article ---> http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=cYs_kM1qAOgC&dq=Classic+Railroads+You+Can+Model+By+Kalmbach+Publishing+Company&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=EI6KF9ZuSN&sig=k7I_OwKVHfO1Q6e21jDgJubXa7U&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
The city of Buffalo, NY once had over 30 breweries and like Chicago had many railroads. Try some google searches and you can probably come up with enough material to write a book on the subject of brewery operations, structures, cars, yards, etc. You heightened my curiosity and I hope you come back later and post what you decided to do for your layout. We have a large Anheuser Busch brewery 1.5 miles from our house but I don't think they ship out by rail but they certainly ship in as the trains can be heard all night.
A recent newspaper article just yesterday indicated that in good economic times and bad economic times beer sells. It stated that Busch was doing well with the introduction of a light lime tasting beer. Rather than buying gold perhaps we should all buy more beer. You can't satisfy a thirst with gold.
We have a Budweiser plant here too. Omnitrax interchanges with UP and BNSF at our North Yard (basically a triple siding and a couple of spurs). We get glass bottles and bulk supplies in box cars, grain in hoppers, and then the beer comes back in box cars. The brewery tracks have a long lead and then a whole host of spurs that lead into the plant for loading/off-loading.
Omnitrax uses a bunch of old GP7s and a GP20 usually for power.
At the bottom of this page are pics of the first delivery to the new Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, PA by the Reading and Northern Railroad.
http://www.readingnorthern.com/photos.shtml
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